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Mrs May announced earlier this week after speaking to the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee that she is prepared to leave her role as Prime Minister 'in order to do what is right for our country and our party'.

It paves the way for a Conservative leadership election within the coming weeks or months.

But the deal the Prime Minister has negotiated with the EU has been defeated by the House of Commons on two separate occasions.

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And speaking on Robert Peston's show on ITV on the evening of Wednesday, March 27, Mr Madders believes in announcing her resignation if her Brexit deal gets through Parliament, the Prime Minister may have alienated wavering MPs who lean more towards remaining in the EU than a future Conservative leader would.

Mr Madders - whose constituency voted 58% back in the 2016 referendum to leave the EU - fears a Brexiteer allied to the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg could end up in 10 Downing Street.

Speaking about the Prime Minister's offer to stand aside if her deal is given the thumbs up by the Commons, he said: "It was her last roll of the dice and at the moment, it doesn't look like it’s worked.

Ellesmere Port and Neston MP Justin Madders appeared on Peston on ITV on Wednesday, March 27.

"Actually, if we’re in a position where the Prime Minister’s saying her flagship policy can only go through if she resigns, you’ve got to say ‘well, actually there’s something wrong with the policy’ and that’s where we need to change things.

"I think the fact that she’s going if the deal goes through actually gives us less reason to vote for it because if we vote for the deal, we get one of Jacob’s (Rees-Mogg) mates as Prime Minister and that’s certainly not something we want to see.

"It would probably be the hardest Brexit possible before a no deal and that’s certainly not something we want."

He added that he does not believe any more than 10 MPs would change their mind and back the Prime Minister's deal.

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MPs are due to vote today at 2.30pm as they debate the legally binding treaty segment of the Prime Minister's Brexit deal, but not the accompanying Political Declaration setting out plans for the future EU/UK relationship.

The PM's decision to split the two parts of the package means it is not a third attempt to pass a "meaningful vote" on the Government's Brexit deal and complies with rules laid down by Commons Speaker John Bercow.

Under the terms of an agreement with Brussels, if passed by MPs on Friday the vote would qualify the UK to be granted an automatic delay to May 22 of the formal date of Brexit.

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